Intrado signs mobile-phone alert-system agreement
Intrado signed an agreement with one2many, a cell broadcast technology company, to enable Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) messages to wireless service providers in the U.S. The new Intrado Cell Broadcast Service will provide a cost-effective means for U.S. based wireless service providers to fulfill the requirements of the Federal Communications Commission Warning, Alert and Response Network Act (WARN) Act.
Deployment of Intrado’s Cell Broadcast Service is scheduled to begin in early 2011. The service will combine Intrado’s extensive experience in high-availability, emergency communications networks with one2many’s leading cell broadcast technology which is deployed today in 80 installations serving citizens in 30 countries through 50 wireless service providers.
The Intrado Cell Broadcast Service is capable of broadcasting a single message to all mobile handsets in an area as small as one cell site and as large as the entire U.S.